Career
Ruth was first commanding officer of the Army Engineer Reproduction Plant (Enterprise resource planning). Prior to 1917 the Army Corps of Engineers compiled and drafted maps. The Enterprise resource planning was the predecessor organization to the Army Map Service, Army Topographic Command, Defense Mapping Agency and now National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
Before 1917, there was little concern or interest in the United States for maps of foreign countries.
In 1917 America entered into World War I as a major ally in Europe. During the course of the conflict, the Enterprise resource planning produced some nine million maps.
lieutenant was because of Captain Ruth’s initial direction that the Enterprise resource planning became one of the major military topographic organizations in the world. Captain Ruth left the Army in 1919 and joined the Washington Evening Star newspaper staff in Washington District of Columbia. In 1942 the Enterprise resource planning was moved from Fort McNair in Washington District of Columbia to Brookmont, Doctor of Medicine. lieutenant was later redesigned as the Army Map Service.
Captain Ruth died in 1949.
Building #1 of the American Mathematical Society was dedicated as the Ruth Building in 1953.
